pearl s head with his blessed right hand. because he had been known to exaggerate, there was lingering doubt that alleged 9/11 master mind had really done it. now a report that seeks to erase those doubts. we have more details from the fbi s interviews with khalid mohammed that how he was drawn into the plot through an al qaeda operative. he was a friend and colleague of daniel pearl s at the wall street journal. she led an exhaustive investigation of pearl s murder nine years ago. they can pin the killing on him because they analyzed an unusual technology called vein matching. they say at one point the fbi asked the cia who was holding mohammed to take a picture of his right hand. they took the picture and matched it against the frame in the video of pearl s murder. in the video all you can see of
suddenly the united states mobilizing to go to war over a very small country was quite something to see. after the first night of the gulf war, everyone around the world knew who cnn was. 20 years ago. so this next story had a lot of us around here in our morning meeting wanting to know more. so we re bringing in an expert who s going to join me in just a minute. remember khalid sheikh mohammed? he is the self-described mastermind behind 9/11 and the senior al qaeda leader suspected of beheading reporter daniel pearl. that was back in 2002. in fact, he s confessed to this and told authorities he did it. al qaeda released a video of pearl s beheading. but you never see the face of the decapitator, only his hand. so here s the part we wanted to know a little bit more about. it seems the fbi and cia have used this forensic technique called vein matching. and were able to determine the hand in that video was that of
across in the background. do you remember watching all the green lights live on television? i remember. folks, that was 20 years ago. when we come back, we re going to hear from the reporters who were there when those air strikes began. also it, khalid sheikh mohammed best known for the role in the september 11th terrorist attacks but now there s a new report confirming what he already confessed to, that he beheaded wall street journal reporter daniel pearl. coming up, we re going to tell you more where vein matching, this forensic teek neck used to link him to pearl s death. methi. but if you re hurt and miss work does it pay cash like aflac does? nah. or let you spend it in any way you want like for gas and groceries? nah. or help with everyday bills like aflac does? nah nah nah. [ male announcer ] there s aflac and there s everything else. visit aflac.com for an agent or quote.